So I have this Joomla website going and I'm creating a blog page. All featured articles go into Menu "Blog" no problem. The problem comes when I need to add a "Read More". I know I can do this with the "Read More" button that each article has but I want to make it a universal read more. Either after so many characters or so many words add the "Read More". Is this possible through Joomla's admin panel? If not can I add some PHP in one of the files?
There are lots of extensions on the Joomla! Extensions directory that do this type of auto "Read More" so there isn't a need to hack together something.
Have a look at the sub-section on Article Summary extensions. Also there are components like the foobla Full RSS that produce automatic summary (ie. read-mores) from the article feeds they pull in.
Look below the textbox on the article page (where you edit the content of the article). You should see a "read more" button there.
If you don't like the behavior of the "read more" button, you can implement it yourself easily by creating a like with the anchor text "read more" - the link will be to another article which contains the "part II" of the article you're editing.
More about articles you can find here
Joomla autoreadmore plugin
http://gruz.org.ua/en/extensions/autoreadmore-plugin-for-joomla.html
Automatically adds "Read more..." link after a configurable number of characters, words or paragraphs.
Will not break HTML or break the article in the middle of a word.
Preserves formatting (optionally) and fixes unclosed tags if php-tidy or php DOMDocument is installed at the server (most modern servers have it installed)
Works with joomla articles and third party extensions (like k2).
Works for modules.
Configurable to ignore or to work for specific categories, articles
Allows to place the first image found in the article to the introtext beginning, so you have your blog illustrated.
Optionally ignores manually inserted readmore break
And some other options.
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I am looking to customize the wording that displays when there are no articles in a category for a category blog. Right now, Joomla displays "There are no articles in this category. If subcategories display on this page, they may contain articles."
I know how to turn this message off, but I can't seem to find where I can edit the text, or override it. I've searched through all the Joomla files (Find phrase in Dreamweaver in all files) and nothing came up.
Thanks for your help.
You should utilize the Joomla Language Manager under Extension Manager in the Joomla Administrator. Just select Language Override, click New, and search for your phrase.
Here is the Joomla docs for this:
https://docs.joomla.org/Language_Overrides_in_Joomla
This will ensure that when Joomla core is updated you don't loose the change. Otherwise you would need to hack the Joomla core files which is a very bad idea.
I have been searching for a good carousel in joomla and found this one
SJ Carousel Free It also came with a user guide
I cannot make any sense out of the guide. I want to display a few images from a folder. I have been breaking my head over the "External Path" attribute in the module. It say images/{id}.jpg. What exactly does it mean? Where should I place my images.
I have posted in the official forum but didn't get any answer.
I'd also be grateful if some of you can suggest a few good joomla carousels. I cannot find some easily configurable carousels
I gathered that when the module is installed, some sample articles and a category are created which the module is then linked to. You should see how the images are displayed with the sample data. I assume that there is an image with a class and a description within a <p> or <span> tag in each article. If this is the method used, simple edit the current articles and copy them should you need any more.
The user guide is pretty straight forward. Should you need support, you should really contact the developer of the module else find an extension that is easier to use.
It appears that you need to create a category with articles containing the pictures you want to display. (I think each pic needs to be in a separate article) Then, you select that category in the Data Source box in Source Options Tab, while editing the SJ Carousel module.
I am currently updating a web page for a company who are still using the very old Joomla 1. When creating a new menu item, I have found that an article is needed in order to create the page.
My problem is the fact that there is no option to alter the location on the page of the article. For modules, this is not a problem as there is an option which can be used to choose the specific location. For articles there is no such option, which has been of grave annoyance as they simply crop up here, there and everywhere!
If it is of any assistance the theme which is being used is contained here: http://demo.rockettheme.com/?template=versatility4
Regards,
Chri3
I dont think this has changed in any version of Joomla, but it has been so long since I have looked at a Joomla 1 installation, I could be way off. Additionally, I dont have one to look at for reference.
So here goes my scientific wild &^#%! guess. When you create a menu from the menu manager in Joomla, you have to select a "menu item type". This could be a single article layout, category layout, blog layout, or link to another installed component, ect... I think its one of the first options in the menu item manager.
Then once you select "single article" there should be a dialog box that allows you to select or manually enter the article you would like to display for that menu item. Hope this helps!
Open up your templates index.php file and look for the following code...
<jdoc:include type="component" />
This is the call to the "main component" in your case would be the content component. You can move this anywhere within index.php and your article will display there
In Joomla 2.5, I want to display two separate blog-type streams of articles on the same page, with the complete text of each article. I can get one using jdoc:include type="component". But I also need the articles from another category elsewhere on the same page in that same format -- first a category header, then the complete text of each article.
Modules I have tried:
Latest News: displays a list of articles, not the complete article text.
Article Category: same
Newsflash: Displays the complete article text, but doesn't have a way to display a category header.
This seems like an obvious thing to want, but I don't see how to do it in Joomla. Is it just impossible?
Thanks in advance.
if you want something ready-to-go, then this is your solution:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/core-enhancements/embed-a-include/18121 (Paid)
If you can modify joomla extensions, this ones could do the job (after playing for a while with the code to add the articles text to the queries):
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/articles-display/articles-listing/13950 (Free plugin)
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/articles-display/articles-listing/7314 (Module)
Or maybe take a look at these JED sections to see if there is anything more useful:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/articles-display/articles-listing
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/articles-display/content-embed
I've been struggling with displaying more than one category-blog on a home page, but have now found a working solution.
Install the Plugin "Plugin Include Component" and the Module "Article Placed Anywhere" - both free.
For each blog that you want to appear on the same page:
In Category Manager create a category to hold the blog items (articles).
In Menu Manager create a menu item, probably on a hidden menu, of type Category Blog, referencing the category that you just created.
In Article Manager create an article contaning just the plugin code
{component url='index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=XX&Itemid=YYY'}, where XX is the category ID and YYY is the menu item ID of those you just created
In Module Manager create a new module of type Articles Placed Anywhere, select the article just created and the position in which you want it to appear.
In Joomla 1.5, I created an article. Before publishing it, I want to send a preview URL to my colleagues (they are not registered to Joomla).
I'm looking for something like adding task=preview to the URL and it would show the article.
It would be enough if the article would be normally published but would not be displayed on the main page in the latest news. I tried to set "Front Page" to "No" but without success.
How can I solve the problem?
Joomla! 1.5 doesn't have a feature like this and from the way it's built I'm not sure it's possible without modifying the core com_content files. You could try a search of the Joomla! Extension Directory to see if someone has implemented what you're after.
In the meantime if the article is turning up on the websites front page even when you've set it not to - then the front page must be using a Section/Category Blog page style rather than a Joomla Frontpage page. In this case you could find out which category is set to show on the menu item being used for the front page and then temporarily change your article to another that doesn't appear there.
Once you've got it in another Category you should be able to get a link to the article by doing a search from the front end (assuming you don't want to create a menu link).
try creating a new category called Preview and since that wouldn't have been assigned to any pages yet, it should not appear. If you have trouble finding the article then, you could temporarily publish it either on the home page or somewhere in the menu. Then when you have found and copied the url, you can remove the article from the home page or menu or wherever you temporarily have it appear.
If you should ever want several 'preview' articles appearing on one page, create a new menu item, assign it to the Preview category you made, and in System Parameters, click on Show Title: 'No' so it doesn't appear in the menu. I don't know about what shows up in Google for example so if it's sensitive data I can't say it won't show in search engines, it probably will.
It probably appears on the Front Page because as you say it's part of the 'latest news' module. You could also try removing it from the module feed, but a new category is what I'd do.
Paul
I just selected Section: "Uncategorised" and the article went out from the latest news. Hope it's not accessible any other way in the current setup (there is no search function hopefully). It's not a cleanest solution, but it seems to work.